Tadej Pogačar wins Il Lombardia for 3rd time in a row
UAE Team Emirates rider joins Italian greats Fausto Coppi and Alfredo Binda as only riders to claim three successive victories in the year’s final monumentTadej Pogačar has won the Italian monument Il Lombardia for the third time in a row, becoming the first rider to claim a hat-trick of consecutive wins since the great Fausto Coppi won four successive editions in the late 1940s.
Following his victory, Pogačar – only the second rider to have won Il Lombardia and the Tour of Flanders in the same season – confessed that he had been struggling with cramp as he soloed his way to victory.“I knew the climb really well and I didn't give up until the top. I was hoping that me and Aleksandr would go one by one to the finish, that we collaborate to the finish line, but they came from behind pretty good, the other competitors.
“When I got cramp I was thinking that’s it but I pushed through. I lowered down the power, and focused on being as aero as possible to save myself for the final kick. I hoped that behind there would not be such a good collaboration, which there probably wasn't because I was gaining but I was not going so fast.
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